Related provisions for COBS 12.3.4
1 - 2 of 2 items.
A firm must
ensure the implementation of all of the measures for managing conflicts of
interest in SYSC 10.1.11 R in relation to the financial
analysts involved in the production of investment
research and other relevant
persons whose responsibilities or business interests may conflict
with the interests of the persons to
whom investment research is
disseminated. [Note: article 25 (1) of the MiFID
implementing Directive]
Persons whose
responsibilities or business interests may reasonably be considered to conflict
with the interests of the persons to
whom investment research is
disseminated include corporate finance personnel and persons involved
in sales and trading on behalf of clients or
the firm. [Note: recital 30 of the MiFID
implementing Directive]
The FSA would expect a firm'sconflicts of interest policy to provide
for investment research to be
published or distributed to its clients in
an appropriate manner. For example, the FSA considers it will be:(1) appropriate for a firm to take reasonable steps to ensure that
its investment research is published
or distributed only through its usual distribution
channels; and(2) inappropriate for an employee (whether or not a financial
analyst) to communicate the substance of any
The FSA would expect a firm to
consider whether or not other business activities of the firm could
create the reasonable perception that its investment
research may not be an impartial analysis of the market in,
or the value or prospects of, a financial
instrument. A firm would
therefore be expected to consider whether its conflicts
of interest policy should contain any restrictions on the timing
of the publication of investment research.
For example, a firm might consider
whether
The FSA considers that the significant
conflicts of interest which could arise are likely to mean it is inappropriate
for a financial analyst or
other relevant person to prepare investment research which is intended firstly
for internal use for the firm's
own advantage, and then for later publication to its clients (in
circumstances in which it might reasonably be expected to have a material
influence on its clients' investment
decisions).